Jaffna Technical College to be upgraded

July 26, 2010   //   0 Comments

The Jaffna Technical College would be upgraded as Colleges of Technology and courses are to commence soon said the Additional Director General D.V.T.Y. Kulathunga. Currently

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USS Pearl Harbor sailors, marines participate in Sri Lankan Community Relations Project (COMREL)

us_navy_in_muttur July 19, 2010   //   0 Comments

Photo courtesy: US Navy By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Russell | US Navy ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Sailors and Marines from the amphibious dock landing ship

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Sri Lanka: US landing-ship visits Trincomalee for ‘community work’

July 19, 2010   //   0 Comments

Sailors and marines from the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbour, visiting Trincomalee last week were engaged in repairing broken bathroom sinks and toilets

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Benevolent Phoenix 2010: Sri Lanka shares expereince with US Navy

July 19, 2010   //   0 Comments

Photo courtesy: US Navy Sri Lanka has shared her experience in fighting Sea Tigers with the US Navy during a three-day visit to Trincomalee by

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Sri Lanka: Families to be resettled suffer without assistance in Mannaar

July 19, 2010   //   0 Comments

Many of the uprooted families to be resettled in Periyapa’ndivirichchaan in Mannaar district brought and lodged in Periyapa’ndivirichchaan Mahaa Viththiyaalayam have not been supplied with

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Sri Lanka National Catholic Centre demands withdrawal of offending history text books

July 19, 2010   //   0 Comments

By Dilanthi Jayamanne | The Island ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… The Roman Catholic clergy is reacting in spontaneous protest against the Education Department’s history text books. National Director

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Sri Lanka: Bank robbery complainants abducted, assaulted in Batticaloa

July 19, 2010   //   0 Comments

Two men abducted and assaulted two employees of the National Savings Bank in Ka’luvaagnchik-kudi in Batticaloa district Thursday evening who had complained to police of

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Horror tales behind Australia’s refugee influx

July 19, 2010   //   0 Comments

Agence France-Presse | Hindustan Times ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Cowering in the dark bowels of a leaky fishing boat, surrounded by grown men vomiting and catatonic with fear,

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China sends convicts to work in Sri Lanka, Maldives

July 19, 2010   //   0 Comments

Thousands of Chinese convicts have been pressed into service in projects by state-run Chinese companies in Sri Lanka, a strategically important country for China, which

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